Bug#241231: DECstation 5000/133 (mipsel) install with some problems

[Thiemo Seufer <ica2_ts@csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de>]

Martin Michlmayr wrote:
[snip]
> Trying to boot from CD:
> =======================
> 
> The docs should mention how to find out the right boot command...
> 
> >>cnfg 3
>  3: KN02-BA  DEC      V5.7j    TCF0  ( 32 MB)
>                                      (enet: 08-00-2b-34-ee-42)
>                                      (SCSI = 7)
>             ---------------------------------------------------
>             DEV   PID                VID        REV    SCSI DEV
>             ===== ================== ========== ====== ========
>             rz1   RZ29B    (C) DEC   DEC        0016   DIR
>             rz5   CD-ROM CR-506      MATSHITA   8S05   CD-ROM
> 
> So I did this in order to boot from CD, but it simply hangs and does not
> (not even read from the CD afaict; I can mount the CD from Linux, though.)
> 
> >>boot 3/rz5

boot 3/rz5 1/linux

It needs that dummy partition argument for CD boot. The whole option
parsing is on my TODO list (somewhen after sarge).


Thiemo